IC 260
IC 260
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
410 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
182k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 410 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 260 as it looked roughly 410 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 256Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartIC 257Elliptical48 million ly
apartNGC 1077ABarred spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 1077BBarred spiral51 million ly
apartIC 275 NED02Elliptical57 million ly
apartNGC 1265Elliptical75 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 257Elliptical48 million ly
apartNGC 1077ABarred spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 1077BBarred spiral51 million ly
apartIC 275 NED02Elliptical57 million ly
apartNGC 1265Elliptical75 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).